Hi, I’m Dustin Senos (he/him). Welcome to my personal website. 👋
I have worked in the tech industry for nearly two decades, drawn by curiosity about how things work. Currently, I am the Head of Design at The Browser Company of New York, where we’re building better browser to make your time on the internet more enjoyable.
Before The Browser Company, I founded Small Animal Studios, a digital product studio. Prior to that, I was Head of Design at Medium, where Obama, Tony Hawk, and others share their thoughts and stories. I also spent time as a software engineer at Disney, leading a team that built the game engine for Club Penguin.
To stay sharp, I take on interesting, challenging projects across a range of industries. Here are some examples of my work:
- Led a redesign for the The White House’s We The People platform to increase the quality of submitted petitions.
- Led the design for the launch of TechCrunch’s Extra Crunch premium membership.
- Led the product and design for IFTTT’s partner dashboard and feedback systems.
- Helped design the first eero iOS app and onboarding experience (acquired by Amazon).
- Hosted an on-site design sprint for Figure1 to increase user engagement.
- Branded and helped design Talkshow’s iOS app (acquired by Medium).
- Led the redesign of LaunchKit’s various tools (acquired by Google).
- Co-engineered a social site for Samsung to accompany a new mobile phone launch.
- Consulted with Dreamworks to suggest improvements for a virtual world.
- Led the design for Feminist Frequency to improve brand presence and increase donations.
- Lived in the Sierra Nevada Foothills for a month, donating design and product consulting to a nature conservancy.
- Wrote iOS code for Facebook on their ████████ project
I also ship personal projects like Out of Office Hours, Wallcat, and LittleIpsum. I have a bit of open source software on Github which I wrote for Twitter and Medium.
I’m semi-active on Twitter and Instagram, and publish longer thoughts on Medium. I’m often reading and have recently listed the books I’m reading, read, and soon to start.
Various, ongoing projects:
- Calo Camera — A camera that values your attention.
- Sharemark — An email publishing platform.
- Articles.page — An updating list of evergreen articles in response to events at work, such as “I need to setup a career path framework.”
- Mixtape Songs — Currently a collection of friends’ “Favorite ten albums from the last ten years.” lists.
Select writing:
- What to talk about when we talk about diversity
- Have you tried Junkfood.app?
- How to get value from wireframes
- An approach to projects, furthering a cause by turning down work, and failing to make $ from Wallcat
- Creating useful design principles
- Your friends are more than their job titles (and so are you)
- On dashes, hyphens, and other important aspects of life
- Holiday office hours
As a personal goal I’ve challenged myself to speak in front of groups of strangers:
- Product Design — Munich, Germany
- Design Details #20 — San Francisco, USA
- Design Details Live @ Epicurrence — Oahu Hawaii, USA
- The Web Ahead — NYC, USA
- The Hero’s Journey — UXAlive Istanbul, Turkey
- Google FORM — San Francisco, USA
- TypeCon — Washinton DC, USA
If you’d like to chat, feel free to send me an email.